Improved platform for railway-cars



GILMER. Platform for Railway Cars.

Patented 009. 5, 1869.

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Letters Patent-No. 95,579, dated October 5, 1869. 1

IMPROVED PLATFORM FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

The Schedule referred to in thsa Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH G-ILMER, of.Monticello, in the county of Jefferson, and State of Florida, have madea new and. useful Improvement in Railroad-Cars, whereby accident-s maybe prevented in getting on and off such cars at stations.

It is very common to have cars run up alongside of platforms 'atstations, the top of the platform being nearly on a level with the floorof the car. When it is necessary to pass from the car to the stationaryplatform by the ordinary steps of the car, there is great danger ofgetting down between .the car and the platform. Many accidents, wherebypersons have been killed, have occurred in this manner.

The object of my invention is to provide against this'danger; and tothis end,

My invention consists in the placing, on one or both sides of the car,oy'er the steps, an auxiliary platform or trap, so arranged that it maybe let down or raised at pleasure, Zmd WIIGIYiBU down or placed inposition, will form a gangway from the car tothe stationary platform.

lhe accompanying drawing shows my invention as applied to a car. Figure1 shows one of the auxiliary platforms or traps, raised and fastened ina panel of the car.

Figure 2, 0n the other side of the drawing, shows a similar trap orplatform, let down in position as it is to be used in going on or offthe car. These auxiliary platforms are shown attached by common hinges,and, when raised, are fastened in the panel by a button or latch. Anyother equivalent device may be used to attach or fasten 'nly improvedplatform.

Having described my invention, I

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

The combination of one or more auxiliary platforms with a railroad-car,so as to form a gangway for aid in entering or leaving the car,substantially as described.

' J. GILMER.

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